RDM Group 1 merits

[Celebrindor]

very true points on nashira crackows, elem. earring, duelist's+1, and ice ring.

I didn't include the elem. earring on purpose- my belief would be that if you had all the other gear, you'd definitely be using a moldy in one ear, and the +5 skill over the +3 skill any day.

duelist's +1 are an incredible luxury by actually giving more +skill with the HQ version....something I wish the other relic+1 gear did....but alas they don't. Completely forgot to mention that subtle point.

Nashira was a complete overlook on my point- I don't do limbus as of yet b/c I value my solo time ingame and prefer to stick to 2-3 endgame activities at a time. When I've finished with sky (if I finish!) I'll start my exploration of Sea....but then again, I still am on PM 8-2 to boot.

And the ice ring....bleh. Sure +15 skill is killer, but 1/8 days of the week just doesn't justify the added inventory slot in my case....

Yes our highest nuke is only Thunder III (and yes Blizz III in my example b/c I included the +skill from ice/aquilo's staves) but we are still capable of dealing immense amounts of damage in a small period of time, possibly moreso than all but the most pimped out melees.

600 dmg nuke for 120 MP. (Blizz3)

HP/MP of 1000/1000 (ideal)= 2000 total max MP with convert. Let's say 1950 though for you naysayers.

1950/120= 16 nukes (more if conserve MP kicked in on 2 of them, you might get 17 nukes)

16 x 600= 9600 damage in 1 minute.

I would wager a completely decked out MNK in the midst of a hundred fists could rival that. A BLM would need to get off probably 5 tier IV spells in a minute to rival that...and that would be 1800dmg+ tier IVs...let's say it would take 6 tier IVs to compensate for just an above average BLM, because a completely decked out RDM could push that 600 base damage to 650-700 easily.

average cast time of a tier IV without any fast cast is 8 seconds....that's 48 seconds of casting time IF you cast 6 different tier IVs. Recast timers range from 30.75secs(stoneIV) to 37.25secs(thunderIV). source: somepage So theoretically you could cast:

Thunder4->bliz4->fire4->aero4->bliz4->thunder4

for your six in one minute. Can you say all 6 would be at least 1600 damage? 6x1600=9600.

Argue about a RDM only having tier3s.....but there are times and places I'd rather have a RDM nuking than a BLM (snoll comes to mind).


I'm incredibly sorry for this, my 3rd tangent in this thread alone! Its just too much fun what can I say.

[yrpaine]

you don't need that much elemental skill for most things though, add in some MAB.

yigit turban: +2
yigit gomlek: +5
zenith mitts(+1): 5/6 MAB
yigit gages: +2MAB +5 int
deulist boots(+1): +4/5
yigit crakows: +2 MAB +3int
moldivite earring: +5
Ugg. Pendant: +8

(morgan's stuff, novio earring gl with those)

I've sadly done more total dmg on genbu than some non-merrited blm's as rdm with spiritswithin + joke nukes mixing and matching elemental skill and MAB.